After you scan a document, you can open the document in Word to edit it. How you do this depends on the version of Office that you have installed.
Scan a document as a PDF file and edit it in Word
Tip: The conversion works best with documents that are mostly text.
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Scan your document according to the instructions for your scanner, and save it to your computer as a .pdf file.
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In Word, click File > Open.
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Browse to the location of the PDF file on your computer and click Open.
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A message appears, stating that Word will convert the PDF file into an editable Word document. Click OK.
The converted document might not have a perfect page-to-page correspondence with the original. For example, lines and pages may break at different locations. For more information, see Opening PDFs in Word.
